The Aviary
A birding room. Every sheet has the field marks that clinch an identification, the song written out and recorded, the look-alikes and how to separate them, and where and when to go. 254 birds have full sheets; the rest of the world's eleven thousand are in the open stacks.
The world checklist: all 11,167 species, family by family →Birds near you
What is singing outside your window this month?
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Perching birds & songbirds Passeriformes
5
Hawks, eagles & vultures Accipitriformes
1
Ducks, geese & swans Anseriformes
1
Kiwi Apterygiformes
1
Cassowaries & emu Casuariiformes
1
Shorebirds, gulls & auks Charadriiformes
1
Storks Ciconiiformes
1
Pigeons & doves Columbiformes
1
Kingfishers, rollers & bee-eaters Coraciiformes
1
Cranes & rails Gruiformes
1
Albatrosses & petrels Procellariiformes
1
Parrots Psittaciformes
3
Gannets, cormorants & frigatebirds Suliformes
1
Browse every bird family on Earth in the Catalogue of All Life, or every bird ever recorded in your country from the country lists. Recordings: iNaturalist contributors, openly licensed.